Sunday morning, at the cafè I satAnd as I slurped my coffee, she made a faceQuite some etiquette she carried, as she munched away her croissantWithout slurping the coffee, sipped it with a grace.

Earlier this year I recommend the short story excerpt from The Girl With All the Gifts. It was all that was available at the time, but now that the full-length book is out I wanted to talk about it again.

This is the tale of a little girl who lives in a highly militarized, post-apocalyptic world. She’s fed once a week, can’t remember the last time she left the bunker that holds all of the rooms and the classroom. What’s even odder is how afraid all of the soldiers are of her.

If you’re read the short story, you know what I’m leaving out. If you haven’t, this is as many spoilers as I’m willing to give you. The wait was worth it, though. I loved the book every bit as much as I loved the original excerpt.